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US Supreme Court declines for now to block Mississippi social media age-check law
The Supreme Court allowed enforcement of Mississippi's social media age verification law despite constitutional concerns, amid ongoing lawsuits in multiple states, officials said.
- The US Supreme Court allowed Mississippi to temporarily enforce a law requiring large social media companies to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors.
- A coalition of social media companies and outside groups argued the law infringes on users' First Amendment rights and threatens privacy.
- Mississippi officials said the law aims to protect minors from online crimes like sextortion, while NetChoice argued it unconstitutionally restricts free expression.
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Supreme Court Lets Mississippi Age-Verification Law Go Into Effect (For Now)
Mississippi law requires age verification for all social media sites, not just adult ones. Justice Brett Kavanaugh finds that it's 'likely unconstitutional,' but doesn't think it should be blocked on appeal.
Supreme Court lets Mississippi social media age-verification law stand, for now
Mississippi residents will still have to prove their age before scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, X or even social media sites like Nextdoor. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let the state’s new social media age-verification law stand — at least for now — as it rejected an emergency request from tech industry group NetChoice. The reprieve may be short-lived, however. While concurring with Thursday’s majority decision, Justice Brett Kavana…
Supreme Court allows social media age check law
What happenedThe Supreme Court Thursday rejected an emergency appeal to pause Mississippi's controversial social media age verification law. There were no dissents noted in the brief, unsigned opinion.Who said whatNetChoice, the tech industry group that filed the appeal, argued that Mississippi's law "threatens privacy rights and unconstitutionally restricts the free expression of users of all ages," not just those under 18, said The Associated …
What Matters On The Shadow Docket? The Merits or the Equities?
In CASA v. Trump and Labrador v. Poe, Justice Kavanaugh explained that the most important element in emergency applications is whether the movant is likely to succeed on the merits. But in NetChoice v. Fitch, Justice Kavanaugh found that an injunction was not proper, even though he thought NetChoice would prevail on the merits. I concur in the Court's denial of NetChoice's application for interim relief because NetChoice has not sufficiently dem…
US Supreme Court allows Mississippi social media age verification law to take effect
Justice Kavanaugh says Mississippi’s law 'likely unconstitutional' but agreed to deny relief as NetChoice hadn’t shown ‘balance of harms and equities’ favored blocking it - Anadolu Ajansı
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